〜Interesting story　仙人〜

投稿日時: 2021年5月4日投稿者: chio_art

Apparently, this is the original story for the reason people attach much importance to irises on the occasion of Boys festival on Mary 5^th: A strange old man said he would obtain immortality by eating irises. But right after he said that he disappeared into thin air. Stories from ancient China about mountain hermits with psychic powers are very interesting. Now I remember that decades ago my teacher wrote a passage as a model for me to practice from an ancient Chinese poem that features an old man with green hair. At that time, I instantly thought I would write the whole poem. But a long, long time has passed since then without my performance.

菖蒲は縁起がいいとして端午の節句で重宝される風習の元のお話だとか：おじいさんが菖蒲を食して不老長寿になるとか、でもそのことを言うと即、露のように消えてしまったとか。仙人が出てくる中国の古いお話はとても面白いです。何十年も前のこと、先生が緑色の髪の翁が出てくる詩の一節をお手本に書いてくださいました。そのときすぐ、全文を書こうと思い立ち、それから、実現しないまま随分と年月が経ちました。

〜Iris festival　初節句〜

投稿日時: 2021年5月3日投稿者: chio_art

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This is a part of an old children’s song about carp streamers that people fly to celebrate and wish for boys’ healthy growth and bright future. An acquaintance of mine will be celebrating his son’s first boys festival with his wife. I did this wishing for the baby’s bright, prosperous future.

知り合いの坊ちゃんが初節句を迎えるので書きました。明るく豊かな未来を願って。

〜Comparison to nature　拘りのない心〜

投稿日時: 2021年5月2日投稿者: chio_art

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I chose this phrase as a motif for my calligraphy work from a website about Zen words. I learned the passage says that falling flowers, flowing water, moving clouds and sound of flutes don’t adhere to anything; they just come and disappear without leaving any traces.

禅語を紹介するサイトから選びました。散る花も水も雲も笛の音も、拘りの心は持っていない。ただ現れては流れ去り、跡を残さない、というようなことらしいです。

〜Copying practice 4　第4弾〜

投稿日時: 2021年5月1日投稿者: chio_art

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I did this part being rather depressed because even if I looked at the models very intensely, somehow or other I couldn’t reproduce the works. However, I was beginning to feel again my teacher’s breathing and his movement of the arm holding the brush.

見ても、見ても、見た通りに書けなくて、落ち込みながら書きました。けれども、先生の息遣いや筆を動かされる腕の動きなどの記憶が蘇ってきます。